Summary

Launchings of destroyers USS Fletcher, Radford, Mervine, and Quick; sideways launch of sub USS Peto in Wisconsin

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 18869
Clip SR003332_02_01.mov
Date 05/06/1942
Title Launchings of destroyers USS Fletcher, Radford, Mervine, and Quick; sideways launch of sub USS Peto in Wisconsin
Description People gathered at bow of USS Fletcher before launch / destroyer moving backwards on tracks, christening group waving, scaffolding on sides / Mrs. Edith Matthes, granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Radford, christens USS Radford by smashing champagne bottle / destroyer moves backwards, sailors on board waving, scaffolding on sides / christening of USS Mervine by Mildred Mervine, great-granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Mervine, people surround her and champagne spray / US flag hangs from scaffolding through which can see ship launch / Mrs. William Roy, niece of Sergeant Major John Quick of the Marine Corps, smashes bottle christening USS Quick, microphones lined up; destroyer begins slide into water / destroyer launching, scaffolding on sides, sailors on deck / submarine USS Peto decorated with bunting at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co / Naval jack flag flying / workers on scaffolding, floor and other structures / Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil with hand on lever stands with other men / sub slides sideways into Lake Michigan with big splash; it rights itself, wood pieces float in water
Personality Edith Matthes, Mildred Mervine, Julius Heil
Country United States
Province/State New Jersey
City Kearny

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